Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Archive though poppies grow / In

though poppies grow / In Flanders Fields

measuring 112 mm (w) x 82 mm (h)

the reverse bearing a central coat of arms situated above a depiction of the Combat Infantryman Badge

trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire and bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

and right side of (the) neck

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Archive though poppies grow / In(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with the logo